St Landrew

Clockwise. Generally, only in the U.S. do they race anti-clockwise, but there are exceptions.

Lallana ended up doing the dog-piddling-on-his-territory bit, but he did it only half-heartedly, probably because, 1] he looked back and saw Papa Waigo accidentally getting into a rather compromising position at his rear, 2] Saw a camera recording the event for posterity, 3] Remembered he had inherited the mantle of the St Marys Young Men's Association, and Markus and Nicola wouldn't like him to do that sort of thing.

Bloody cheek. This is the bloke who puts a picture of Joan Rivers up and expects us to buy that tenuous link. Here's your one word link then: The

Dukes Of Stratosphear - Chips from the Chocolate Fireball Simple Minds - New Gold Dream. This sounds fantastic. Forgotten gem.

Eddie Waring

Yes, know what you mean. He should be in the middle. But like Matty before him, he's the best dead ball specialist/striker of the ball in the club. Hence he's taking the corners. At least they go where he puts them, and not straight to the first defender.

I'll have a listen later. At the moment I'm having a nostalgia trip with The Moody Blues - Seventh Sojourn.

Has someone been writing a script for this..?

No thank you.

Might have been an improvement if it had been done well. But I agree, it looks vandalised.

Ah, ok. On the overtaking front. Just watch a MotoGP race. There will be more overtaking than you can shake a stick at.

I'm sure our small boy in a rowing boat would be more than a match.

Actually, one of the less evident reasons for invading both Iraq and Afganistan was to stop persecution of the ordinary citizens.

Thank you for that good post David. There was a thread calling for Pardew to NOT change the line-up, after the JPT match against MKDons. While I would love to agree 100%, it simply isn't possible to have the same players perform to their upmost in 3 competitions, week-in, week-out. To suggest that there shouldn't be a problem because, after-all, they're athletes, is to misunderstand what it requires to keep in tip-top condition. The very fact that Lambert has been looking tired in matches isn't because he doesn't train hard enough. It's because he's playing too much football. This can make him more susceptible to injury, and we don't want that. After all, he is one of the key players. The fact that we have some very good, key players, waiting in the wings [barnard, Puncheon, Seabourne, etc...] means that it is possible to do well in all comps' and keep the players fresh, fit and motivated. Besides, Pardew can then tweak the team precisely to the opposition. In a few weeks, we'll be down to 2 competitions anyhow. So it'll become simpler. What we all would love is, for every formation that AP puts out, he gets them playing to their best. That takes match practice, and he'll do it where and when he thinks he can.

This is what happens when I rely on my vague memory and don't check the facts. At least we're agreed on a few things, including the percentage probability of Portsmouth going arse over, and I wasn't talking entirely without foundation.

If you'd clicked on the ticker-tape you'd know. I knew that the new MotoGP track layout would use some new infield parts, so it wouldn't be a simple, squirt, brake, lean over, back up and squirt again, track anymore. I thought the F1 people would use the existing/old layout. It appears they like the new layout. Funnily enough, some of the MotoGP guys would prefer the old layout. No pleasing some people. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8511026.stm

It has been the same in this country for decades. Politicians listen to the Public Will, which is largely anti-war [who isn't], but they take it too far and leave us too threadbare. Been reading up on the TSR2, just for interest. Mid 1950's, the RAF issue a vague requirement for a supersonic strike aircraft, capable of flying all the way to Russia at high or extreme low level, smoothly and with just the fuel it could carry. The initial designs were drawn up. English Electric and Vickers were selected as joint manufacturers, with Vickers as senior partner, even though they had no experience in supersonic aircraft and EE had successful years of it. They argued where to build/test it, either at Vickers, who hadn't a long enough runway, or EE who had. So they built and tested it at Boscombe Down in Wiltshire, miles away from either company. Then they changed the design at least 5 times in a major way, while the RAF changed/refined its requirements. In 1964, the engineers had overcome the difficulties and designed and built an aircraft that was at least 20 years ahead of its time [for example, it was better than the Tornado which came 15 years later], when the U.S. F-111 came up for offer. The British government decided to cancel TSR2, and buy the F-111 even though it was a much worse aircraft, had its own major difficulties, which the U.S. hadn't as yet overcome, but was cheaper at the time. They even destroyed the jigs, tools and equipment which made the TSR2 so it was much costlier to go back on the decision. By the time the U.S. sorted the problems, the cost of the F-111 was more than the TSR2, so we didn't buy it, and not a single job had been created within the main British aircraft industry, whereas before, potential customers has started to queue up for the completed TSR2. That's how you f*** up an industry, and the armed force that depends on them, and the jobs and skills that go to waste. Only a British government could do it.

PS - Why did you take down the nice train picture..? NC - The previous owner took it down. It had served its purpose anyhow, and it left a gap for new trophies, which we're about to fill. It inspired us to improve on out training facilities, and we've decided to build a train station behind St Marys. Besides, I think the fans wanted to run the previous owner out on that convenient rail.

Amazingly, it worked on demo. Good catch too.

Spoken like a true football supporter. Perhaps we are somewhere in between..? Can football supporters understand that there is a bit between great and crap..?

Squared Yeah I know, wrong Pi. But if hamster can get Joan's from Jones, then I'm on safe gound.

BTW, is it at all possible you could title your videos..?

FWIW DD, I don't really have a problem with any of you. Just putting into words what others might be thinking.

In truth, from the outsiders point of view, the same could be said of us. 2003 Cup Final, and on the steep downward spiral a couple of seasons later. That descent started because Saints failed to capitalise on their success, by standing still. A lack of spending [or investment, if you like the term better] and absurd managerial appointments, at a crucial time, led to failure. Pompey massively overspent, but the results are very similar.

I don't think those you mention above take huge delight in criticising the manager or other parts of the club, but what they don't sometimes do in roughly EQUAL measure, is come along and comment where praise is due. If people are to be so vocal in their criticism, then they should be equally vocal when there is something to praise. And there is a great deal of opportunity to do that at St Marys. So if those posters, you mention, wonder why people have a go at them sometimes, they ought to realise that, recognising good, is as important as pointing out the bad. It's my belief that if you are even handed, and fair, then your criticism, positive or negative, is more likely to be taken notice of, and respected.